Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said she was meeting with Ms Grace this week to make some "very firm decisions" by next Tuesday about whether schools will re-open in time for term two.

Independent Schools Queensland executive director David Robertson said there had been no official communication to schools regarding the commencement of term two yet.

"At a minimum I would expect independent schools would make arrangements to cater for children of essential workers and vulnerable students, in addition to learning from home," he said.

Brisbane Catholic Education will continue to assess health advice before informing school communities on arrangements for the start of term two.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said earlier decisions by individual premiers to alter schooling arrangements in term one had not been due to health advice relating to students but workplace health and safety issues for staff and teachers.

Chief Medical Officer Brendan Murphy said authorities did not know if children were "asymptomatic transmitters" but there was no evidence internationally of significant school-related outbreaks.

"We can see no reason … to withhold children from school," he said.

"We do think that schools need to be made safe, and the National Cabinet has asked us to come back later this week with some detailed advice on how to make school safe in terms of hygiene measures, reducing gatherings, practising where possible social distancing, cleaning playground equipment, all of those things."